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...Unjust System. But on the crucial question, South Africa's political system, there was not the slightest agreement. Vorster and his delegation had argued that apartheid is not discriminatory and that the homelands will be truly independent. Mondale's public answer: "We cannot accept, let alone defend governments that reject the basic principle of full human rights, economic opportunity and political participation for all their people, regardless of race." To arguments by the South African government that it is keeping the region free of Communism, Mondale replied: "We believe that perpetuating an unjust system is the surest incentive...
...scenario of The Idiot is bleak. As Iggy sings in "Baby," "We're walking down the/Street of chance/Where the chance is always/Slim or none/And the intentions unjust." Iggy seeks escape in the arms of "Tiny Girls," but he cannot find innocence. He is tempted by death and unredeemed by love, entangled by illusions which prove to be not just one mirror of his desires, but a veritable Versailles of them, gleaming and arching to infinity. The peace of death lies only at the end of the passage...
...Square's working community; the residential and business character of the Kenmore Square area near Boston University has radically changed, becoming a Disco, college-oriented center to attract the student market over the last ten to fifteen years. The student situation is but one illustration of the way an unjust revenue structure, private capital investment and the profit motive in housing, deny decent homes to hardworking people in favor of institutions, playgrounds and luxury apartments for the middle and upper classes...
Unfortunately, this Bernstein is rather deja vu, especially since almost all the songs in the "Revue" were performed in An Evening with Comden and Green, which had two runs at the Loeb earlier this year. An Evening of Bernstein passes over the contributions of his two collaborators, putting an unjust emphasis on Bernstein's lyric-writing genius. On the whole, this Evening at the Agassiz suffers from the inevitable comparison with Comden and Green. The two professionals knew how to put songs and patter together in a continuum; they had the ability to make the most rehearsed gesture appear spontaneous...
After holding public hearings, the utilities department issued a report last November charging the telephone company with an "arrogance of power." It stated that the present system of "unilateral dispute resolution" by the telephone company is "unjust, unreasonable and inadequate...